By Herp News Last fall, tourists to the north rim of the Grand Canyon reported seeing a gray wolf. The only problem was there had been no wolves in the area for over 70 years. Still, it turned out the animal in question was not a coyote or stray dog, but, indeed a female gray […]
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Feb 12
Feb 12
Baby gopher tortoise jackpot
“Hey, Dick, here’s a gopher!” “Gopher tortoise, gopher frog, or pocket gopher?” “Gopher tortoise–and it’s a baby.” It was early August and Jake and I were on a jaunt hoping to find a photogenic pale-throated anole (a green anole with a gray rather than a red dewlap). So far we had failed, but during our […]
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World's deadliest library being created in Australia
Melbourne is building a new venom library, where researchers can investigate new anti-venoms and medicinal uses for venom. From the Guardian: Over the past six months, scientists have collected 12 snakes and milked them of their venom. The snakes have been stored in a fluid preservative. The snakes belong to the tiger snake lineage of […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Frilled dragon
Move over, Grumpy Cat! This grumpy male frilled dragon is our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user mizzy! Be sure to tell mizzy you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King Snake No […]
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